Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1994.
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Abstract
This Act is enacted to provide for the matters relating to the constitution, powers and functions of gram panchayats, panchayat samitis and zila parishads.
There shall be a Gram Panchayat for a Gram Sabha and every Gram Sabha shall elect from amongst its members a Pradhan and Up-Pradhan of the Sabha who shall also be called the Pradhan and Up-Pradhan of the Gram Panchayat and shall also elect from amongst its members an Executive Committee called the Gram Panchayat.
Functions of the Gram Panchayats include: (1) sanitation, conservancy and prevention and abatement of nuisance; (2) construction, repair and maintenance of public wells, ponds, tanks and conventional/traditional sources of water; (3) construction and maintenance of village paths, mule roads and rural roads, culverts, bridges and bunds which are not constructed or maintained by the Public Works Departments; (4) construction, maintenance and cleaning of public streets, latrines, drains, tanks, wells and other public places; (5) regulating the construction of buildings, latrines, urinals, drains and water closets; (6) collection and disposal of refuse and earmarking places for dumping of refuse; (7) filling of disused wells, in sanitary ponds, pools, ditches and pits and conversion of step wells into sanitary wells.
Functions of the Panchayat Samiti cover the following matters: integrated rural development, agriculture, social forestry, animal husbandry and fisheries, health and sanitation, adult education, communication and public works, co-operation, cottage industries, welfare of women, youth and children, welfare of disabled and the destitutes and welfare of backward classes, family planning and sports and rural employment programmes; management of public ferries.
The General Standing Committee of the Zila Parishad shall perform functions relating to the establishment matters and functions relating to communications, buildings, rural housing, village extension, relief against the natural calamities and allied matters.
There shall be a Gram Panchayat for a Gram Sabha and every Gram Sabha shall elect from amongst its members a Pradhan and Up-Pradhan of the Sabha who shall also be called the Pradhan and Up-Pradhan of the Gram Panchayat and shall also elect from amongst its members an Executive Committee called the Gram Panchayat.
Functions of the Gram Panchayats include: (1) sanitation, conservancy and prevention and abatement of nuisance; (2) construction, repair and maintenance of public wells, ponds, tanks and conventional/traditional sources of water; (3) construction and maintenance of village paths, mule roads and rural roads, culverts, bridges and bunds which are not constructed or maintained by the Public Works Departments; (4) construction, maintenance and cleaning of public streets, latrines, drains, tanks, wells and other public places; (5) regulating the construction of buildings, latrines, urinals, drains and water closets; (6) collection and disposal of refuse and earmarking places for dumping of refuse; (7) filling of disused wells, in sanitary ponds, pools, ditches and pits and conversion of step wells into sanitary wells.
Functions of the Panchayat Samiti cover the following matters: integrated rural development, agriculture, social forestry, animal husbandry and fisheries, health and sanitation, adult education, communication and public works, co-operation, cottage industries, welfare of women, youth and children, welfare of disabled and the destitutes and welfare of backward classes, family planning and sports and rural employment programmes; management of public ferries.
The General Standing Committee of the Zila Parishad shall perform functions relating to the establishment matters and functions relating to communications, buildings, rural housing, village extension, relief against the natural calamities and allied matters.
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Repealed
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